Clown in a Cornfield

Quinn and her father relocate to Kettle Springs hoping for a quieter life, but their arrival only highlights a town already fraying at the edges. Once sustained by the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory, the community is split by loss, blame, and simmering resentments after the plant burned down. Quinn senses the hostility around her while school cliques and local politics crack open old wounds. Then a grinning, malevolent figure begins appearing among the corn, and the town’s tensions take a violent turn as bodies start to pile up and secrets come to light. The story keeps its cards close, focusing on suspicion, survival, and the cost of scapegoating without revealing every twist.

Directed by Eli Craig, the 2025 film credits Adam Cesare and Carter Blanchard as creators. The cast is led by Katie Douglas as Quinn, with Carson MacCormac, Kevin Durand, Dylan McEwan, and Aaron Abrams filling key roles. The production leans into rural set design and practical effects to bring its horror beats to life.

Box office details were not widely reported, and the film’s commercial footprint stayed modest compared with mainstream franchise fare. It had a targeted theatrical and streaming rollout that aimed at horror fans rather than broad multiplex audiences.

The movie’s iconography, a smiling killer lost in tall corn, quickly became a talking point among genre viewers. Its marketing leaned on that stark image and the contrast between small-town nostalgia and violent chaos, helping the film find visibility online and in horror circles even if it didn’t break into mainstream headlines.

Audience reaction, reflected in a roughly 6.1 out of 10 average from several hundred votes, suggests mixed to positive feelings. Viewers often point to Katie Douglas’s central performance and the film’s atmosphere of claustrophobic unease. Major themes include economic decline, communal blame, and how fear can turn neighbors against one another, all played out against eerie rural backdrops and sharp genre set pieces.